Kwackman wrote:The "latest posts" button is now updating more often, showing posts made less than a minute ago.Previously (for me anyway) the "latest posts" was very slow at updating.Thanks. :thumbup:

That's because previously we had a cache in place that refreshed after a given time. It was part of optimising the site speed/page load, but it's been reduced and the forum 'Latest Posts' searches use a different method.

Kwackman wrote:The "latest posts" button is now updating more often, showing posts made less than a minute ago.Previously (for me anyway) the "latest posts" was very slow at updating.Thanks. :thumbup:

That's because previously we had a cache in place that refreshed after a given time. It was part of optimising the site speed/page load, but it's been reduced and the forum 'Latest Posts' searches use a different method.

Glad you're finding it useful.

Hurrah!!

That fixes one of my only real problems with the new forum. My way of browsing is to just have a tab open showing new posts (or 'Today's Active Topics', as it used to be called), and then refresh it every now and then to see what's been going on since I last looked. The faster update times really help!

It's the first three posts, not five -- but other than that small detail it's as Martin says: your first few posts go into a holding queue to be vetted and approved by a moderator before appearing in public.

As the mods are volunteers and pop in and out of the forum at different times of day it can take anything from a brief moment to a few hours before a new post is sanctioned. Please be patient -- the delay is a very minor frustration compared to that which would be caused if the spammers had free reign here.

And after your third post all of your posts will appear instantly without intervention.